Improvement in horse hay-rakes



atwt @Wina GEORGE NOTMAN, OF DEERFIELD, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 102,578, dated May 3, 187 0.-

IMPROVEMENT IN 'HORSE HAY-RAKES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whoml it may concern:

i Beit known that I, GEORGE Nomina', of Deerhchl, in the count-y of Portage and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful improved Hay and Grain-Italics; and I dohereby declare the following to be a clear and exact description thereof, suicient to enable others skilled in the art to which my iuvenf tion appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of "my improved horse-rake, and t Ililgure 2 represents a detached view of one of the Similar letters indicate like parts in both igures.

rlhis invention relates to that .class of machines known as hay and grain-rakes, and consists in the construction and arrangement of certain parts, hereinafter to be described. 1

In the accompanyingdrawings- B is the axle, to which the rake-teeth are attached, and onwhich vis the-drive1"s seat, and which is supported and carried by the wheels A A.

On' the rear side of the axle B are lugs or projections o '0, see-'g.v1, perpendicular thereto, each pair of which serves as journals for the small shafts a. a',

"around leach of. which a tooth of the rake is wound,

thus allowing each' tooth to rise and fall independent- -ly of the others.

Each tooth is curved at its lower portion, as seen at t, figs. l and 2, and then passes several times around its shafta, and is then bent, as shown more clearly at a, fig. 2, the object of which will hereinafter be more fully set forth.

Each tooth, with its corresponding arm, is made in one piece, as shown clearly in fig. 2.

b is a bent bar, hinged to. the rear side of the axle or frame of themachine at the outer sets of the lugs o o, and lying parallel to the axle or main frame B.

In is a rod, attached at one end to the bent barb, the other end being connectecl'with a bent lever L, which can easily be operated by the driver, in his seat S.

The bent bar b lies directly under the arms a a a of the rake-teeth, and a forward movement of the lever L, operating the bar b, will raise said teeth, and a reverse movement depress them.

r is a shaft, having its bearings in the scat-standards, and free to rotate therein.

To this shaft lr are attached the two rods or links m m, the opposite ends of the latter being connected with the cleaner C, which rests on the teeth of the rake. When the latter is raised bythe forward Inovement of the lever L, the cleaner travels upon the top of the rake-teeth, etectually cleaning them.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The arrangement-of the bent rod b, between the arms a a and teeth t t, so as to act both as a raiser and presser of the rake-teeth, in connection with thc lever L and rod n, as herein shown and described.

2. lhe bent rod b, arranged ,between the arms a a and teeth t t, acting as a raiser and presser, in conncction with the lever L, rod n, shaft r, rods m m,

and clearer O, as herein shown and described.

The above signed by me this 21st day of January.

GEORGE NOTMAN.

Nitnessesz N. L. WANN, H. B. HU'rsoN. 

